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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Pancras 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE A. Shewing the Estimated Population of the Sub-Districts, and the Death-rate per 1000 in each during the year 1867.

TABLE A. Shewing the Estimated Population of the Sub-Districts, and the Death-rate per 1000 in each during the year 1867.

Birth Rate per 1000.Estimated Population.Estimated No. of Deaths.Death-rate per 1000.
32.5Regent's Park38,00079620.9
30.7Tottenham Court28,00063322.6
35.0Grays Inn27,70067724.4
36.5Somers Town37,50091524.4
Camden Town18,00039320.1
35.6Kentish Town67,5901,35820.2
University College Hospital160
Saint Pancras Workhouse1780
Royal Free Hospital100
Strand Union Workhouse570
The whole Parish221,0004,77221.6

Table: TABLE B. Shewing the Bates of Births to Deaths in the several Sub-Districts.

TABLE B. Shewing the Bates of Births to Deaths in the several Sub-Districts.

Estimated Population.Births.Registered Deaths.Estimated Mortality.Rates of Births to Deaths.
38,000Regent's Park1,2356507961000 : 644
28,000Tottenham Court860*5256331000 : 736
27,700Grays Inn9685716771000 : 699
37,500Somers Town1,3717719151000 : 667
19,600Camden Town611†3183931000 : 520
67,370Kentish Town2,3961,0991,3581000 : 567
160University College Hospital234
100Royal Free Hospital86
2,000Saint Pancras Workhouse227516
570Strand Union Workhouse6186
221,0007,6684,8564,7721000 :

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* In this column, 61 Births have been subtracted for Children born in the Strand Union.
† In this Sub-District, 227 Births have been subtracted to allow for the Workhouse.
‡ This column is obtained by omitting Deaths in the Strand Union, and distributing the
838 Deaths in University College and Royal Free Hospitals, and the Saint Pancras Workhouse,
amongst the Sub-Districts in the ratio of the populations.